Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o has revealed the other side of her we all barely knew of.
Lupita who is the daughter of Kisumu Governor says she likes scaring people and her mother, Dorothy, is not an exception.
Lupita is featuring the latest movie and her parents accompanied their daughter to the “Us” premiere.
“My mom was terrified watching this film. In fact, she watched with her eyes and ears closed so she hasn’t really seen it,” Lupita told American press.
“When she came from Kenya, I made sure I scared her. I lay in front of her bed before she got to bed and I got up like ‘Are you looking for me?’. She was so scared.”
Fans know Lupita Nyong’o from Black Panther but the Oscar winner is taking on a new movie genre in the horror film, Us.
Lupita and her co-star Winston Duke are being terrorized by a family that looks just like them. Lupita, therefore, acts in two different roles at the same time. She credited her mother in particular for her self-confidence and supporting her talent.
“She’s dignified in the things she knows, and she’s dignified in the things she doesn’t,” Lupita praised her mum, Dorothy
“She’s not afraid to admit that she has something to learn. And that quality is something that I seek to emulate to be able to be comfortable in the discomfort of not knowing, or the feeling that you’re unprepared.”
The star also says she decided to stay in character when playing Red on set.
“I went a little more method than I usually do where I stayed in the vocal posture for the whole day and I would remain isolated in a room festering.”
The actress is no stranger to taking on complex roles – she won an Oscar for playing the character Patsey in the film 12 Years a Slave.
But she says she had to let out her “inner monster” while making Us and reached “breaking point”.
“It was technically very challenging. We’re playing against ourselves. The way in which things had to play out was so specific.
“It took its emotional toll on me. I definitely had a moment of rupture while making this movie.”